Display rack



Aug- 1, 1944. o. L. GoDwlN 2,354,859

DISPLAY RACK Filed 001'.. 26,. 1943 @www Patented Aug. 1, 1944 UNITEDvSTATES VeATENT OFFICE DISPLAY RACK Owen Luther Godwin, Sebring, Fla.

Application October 26, 1943, Serial No. 507,701

3 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in display racks, and moreparticularly to a display rack constructed of wire and capable ofcontraction as the quantity of goods displayed is reduced through salesand the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a rack of the type indicated ofan approved and simplified structure by means of which elongated cartonssuch as are used in the vending of cigarettes can be most effectivelydisplayed.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement andcombinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described andclaimed.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specication as part thereof, inwhich like reference characters indicate like parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the present invention,partly broken away to show structural details;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse cross-section taken on line 2-2 ofFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view 0f a modified form of the device.

In connection with the display of elongated cartons, it is desirablethat the cartons be presented to the eye of the customer at an angle sothat the top face can be readily inspected, and it is further desirablethat the carton be effectively supported and prevented from sliding awayfrom the support.

In accordance with the present invention, a substantially rectangularframe comprising substantially horizontal spaced members l and 2 andconnecting end portions 4 4 is supported in an inclined position bymeans of supporting loops 6 6, portions of which extend forwardly of theframe portion, and are connected by a third horizontal member 3extending parallel with the long members I and 2 of the frame but spacedabove the plane of the frame.

To make the bracket expansive, the parallel members l, 2 and 3 may eachbe formed in two sections and short tubular sections 'l associated withcorresponding end portions of each so as to permit the telescoping ofthe other portions therein by means of which the bracket as an entiretycan be extended or contracted as the number of cartons may vary.

Portions of the wire from which the device is constructed will be bentupwardly at the ends of the lower long frame member 2, as at 5, toprovide end stops for the cartons in the form illustrated in Figure 1,while in the form illustrated in ,Figure 3 the ends of asingle piece ofWire will be bent upwardly to form the similar stops 5-5.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 3 is adapted to beformed from a single piece of wire which extends beginning at the upwardprojection 5' at the right rearwardly to form the upper leg of thesupporting loop 6 and thence forwardly and upwardly and across to formthe member 3, thence continuing to form the supporting loop 6 on theleft being bent slightly to form a seat for the lefthand stop 5', thenceacross forming the member 2, upwardly to form the righthand connectingframe member 4, thence back forming the upper long member I andforwardly to form the lefthand member 4, terminating in the lefthandupwardly projecting stop 5. This structure can be utilized in connectionwith the short tube sections by soldering, brazing, or spot welding thewires where they cross adjacent the upturned stop members 5-5 which willensure the rigid association of the end portions and permit the severingof the long members l, 2 and 3 for the application of the short tubelengths to provide the telescopic connection between the parts.

Various modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in theart but within the scope of the present invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A display rack formed of wire bent to form a substantiallyrectangular frame with upturned portions at opposite corners, with eachend of said frame supported in an inclined position by V loops at eachend constituting supporting members, the forward lower parts of saidloopsV upturned and connected by a stretch substantially parallel withand forward of 'the lower long side of the frame portion.

2. The device of claim 1, with the supporting end loops extending fromthe forward corners of the rectangular frame part to points rearward ofthe back corners and with the stretch connecting said loops positionedforward of the front long side of the said rectangular frame part.

3. The device oi' claim 1, with the supporting end loops extending fromthe forward corners of the rectangular frame part to points rearward ofthe back corners and with the stretch connecting the lower parts of saidloops forward of the front long side of the said rectangular frame andabove its plane of said frame.

OWEN LUTHER GODWIN.

